Lee Fisher does not consider legalizing marijuana a viable option for creating jobs.

The Kafka-esque comedy that is the Lee Fisher for US Senate campaign just gets better by the day. ?Yesterday, Lee Fisher’s campaign posted a link at BSB asking for ideas on creating jobs. ?Irony, they name is ROFL. ?But don’t stop laughing! ?At the bottom of the page is this little nugget.

Disclaimer: Please note that we reserve the right to delete ideas or comments that are unnecessarily abusive, repetitive, or unrelated to generating new jobs for Ohio. All ideas are welcome, but be advised that Lee does not consider legalizing marijuana a viable option for creating jobs.

Allrighty then!!

On the substance, I don’t know why this suggestion is routinely rejected out of hand. ?I can think of no faster way to…er….stimulate the economy. ?On the hilarity aspect of Lee’s website apparently being deluged with NORML types, well….ain’t the Democratic Party awesome?

Hopefully the Obama administration will take action on the hemp issue. It's idiotic that we associate it with getting high. Most industrial hemp has less than .3% THC content. It'd actually be funny watching a stoner try to cop a buzz off the stuff.

Really with the legalization people don't realize that it is not all for the DRUG, hemp could be very prevalent of a crop with legalization to cultivate the plant.

It would mean a breath of life not only into agriculture, but paper production, textiles, rope (hey its still used for stuff!) and other fiberous materials that hemp is a great product for, and being the rather diverse state that we are we could take advantage of a great deal of that.

It could also be used as leverage of 'going green' by using the hemp to replace wood for paper production. All around it would be a rather solid idea.

You're right on Eric, and it can be bred to have very thick stems and nearly no THC like you cited which produce more fiber for the applications.

I can think of a number of incredibly positive impacts that legalizing marijuana could have on the economy, starting with the ability to tax it and therefore help stem the layoffs in various levels of government ? school systems, safety forces , human services etc. In addition, if we released everyone who is in prison for a nonviolent offense relating to marijuana and ceased prosecuting them, we could probably save billions annually in prison and court costs. That money could be used for economic development. In addition, those people who have been sent away for marijuana-related “crimes” could be productive, tax-paying citizens, instead of felons who can't find employment. In fact, I can't think of anything but upsides ? and I don't even smoke pot and never have.

I don't know if Lee Fisher actually IS a tool ? but he is sure playing one in his campaign.

I don't think you realise the long term effects of marijuana legalization… This would create an entire American nation addicted to marijuana? Do you really want that to happen? Now let's be serious and don't forget that drugs are illegal for one good reason: they can kill you and can create psychological problems that will never be treated no matter what… Do you want that? Really now?

mvirenicus

i've been dealing with the public for most of my working life. stoners are far more tolerable than drunks and generally better company than the majority of “clean and sober” people.